Russiagate

English

Etymology

Russia +‎ -gate

Proper noun

Russiagate

1. A scandal of the late 1990s in which billions of dollars were illicitly laundered out of Russia with the assistance of Western banks such as the Bank of New York.
   • 2013, Ronen Palan, ‎Richard Murphy, ‎Christian Chavagneux, Tax Havens: How Globalization Really Works (page 74)

     Nauru, a small Pacific atoll, was involved in the largest money laundering case in history, the so-called Russiagate scandal of the late 1990s, which involved the Bank of New York.

2. (US politics, informal) The late 2010s controversy about links between Russian actors and Donald Trump, his campaign and his administration.

Derived terms

• Russiagater